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You know when you are onto something very powerful when the spiritual forces and the energetic forces of evil come against you to sabotage your work. I just finished an entire entry on this topic of how the events of 9/11 worked to shape our national character and feelings of unity. When I went to publish the post…a saved post…it disappeared on me. In fact…I have another computer working on something very important as well…it stopped as well.

Now we could talk about the law of attraction and the possibility that I am drawing these things to myself etc…I wholeheartedly believe in the essential elements of the concept of the law of attraction. However, I also know there are greater forces at work that are beyond the energy sphere of this world and they don’t like it when I am able to complete something that would help shape and influence our culture and move it in a positive direction.

So…in light of the struggle that I know is happening in our nation at the moment and the massive division that is fed by the media…I am going to re-write my post as closely as I possibly can. I actually do not have the time…but I believe it is vitally important to talk about these things…

I am sure most of us who were old enough to remember the events of 9/11 remember exactly what we were doing and where we were at when the horrific attacks took place on the morning of 9/11/2001. I am also sure that if we dug deeply enough into our very beings that we would connect with some of those feelings that caused us to stop everything that we were doing and engage in the moment of horror with our fellow Americans suffering.

The fact that we were able to see these things on television made it all the more real to us. Of course we will never completely feel the pain of the people who were there experiencing the horror or the families that lost loved ones…but something “good” was transferred to the national character as we watched those events unfold that day and the days ensuing.

We watched and “experienced” as the horror unfolded and complete strangers (Americans) risked their lives to rescue other complete strangers (Americans). We felt fear and pain and anger together as we tried to work through as a nation just what happened. We watched in awe as “normal” everyday Americans were transformed before our very eyes into heroes.

We felt their courage and were encouraged. Pride swelled up inside of us as we sat and watched and listened and prayed and engaged in the moment of time that was so filled with evil and horror that we can seldom imagine such anguish normally in our lives and yet saw these modern day heroes save lives…often at the peril and loss of their own.

Somehow…that day and the days following…our differences were put aside and we were able to dig deep to the core of who we are and what we stand for as a people and a nation. We have always generally stood for freedom. Does that mean we have not screwed up? Of course we have. However, what we found as we banned together as one people we still hold many of the same values and beliefs and passions as most of the rest of our countrymen and women.

The things of everyday life…somehow were not as important. Could we live there all of the time? Of course not…but we sure can stand to be reminded from time to time that at our cores we all ache for people who are hurting and we weep with those who weep and we mourn with those who mourn.

As we watched people jump to their deaths from 30 stories up…or saw those buildings collapse with actual people inside of them who were going in at the risk of life and limb simply to save others…or saw the sheer terror on the faces of New Yorkers, we experienced the “goodness” amidst the terror that was present that day. We experienced and had a chance to “live” it out with our fellow Americans what it means to not only be an American but what it means to be human.

Folks…we have forgotten what it means to have that kind of sameness of thought and feeling that we felt during those incredibly hard and harsh times. The energy that was transferred as “goodness” responded to evil affected and infected nearly every person in this nation. In those hard times when we watched the courageous and heroic response of our people helping our people we realized that life was much more than we typically give it credit for on a day to day basis.

We need to remember the images of people running away in terror, people jumping from buildings as the hopelessness settled in, seeing firefighters and police officers and normal everyday Americans risking life and limb to rescue their fellow Americans who were complete strangers for the most part.

We need to remember seeing people cry in absolute relief as they were escorted away and out of the horror…knowing that those folks were going to be able to see their children again while thousands of others would not.

We need to remember that thousands of children lost a parent or even two on that fateful day.

But mostly…we need to remember how we all felt when we banded together as one people to share the fear and the pain and the anger and then the pride and courage and unity that the day brought forth as it unfolded.

As we discuss the hard topics of the day that will shape our nation for years to come…we need to remember that we are not here to talk about what the politicians are talking about…no, we are here to figure out what is deep inside of our national soul and come together in those places that we actually connect. We know it is there…we saw it eight years ago.

We can have a conversation based upon those common things that we felt and experienced eight years ago today and begin to figure out (as people) how to proceed from here. I guarantee our politicians are going to let us down. We better not leave it in their hands…none of us are going to like it. No matter how many times they open their mouths…lies and half truths (oh they sound pretty good) are going to come out. We simply need to disregard completely what they are saying and discuss these issues amongst ourselves. We will figure it out… and when we do…we let them know what to do.

After all…they do work for us and it is their job to protect the constitution as they are their to represent our interests. We will hold them accountable for that.

We best not let these big issues of our day be dictated or decided by those who are driven by self-interests…we must remember what this day, September 11, represents and use the pride, courage and heroism once again to bring us to unity to be able to move forward as we find ourselves once again in treacherous times.

Please leave your comments below and let’s have discussion. Any thoughts you have on 9/11? Any thoughts on the places that we predominately agree as fellow Americans? Any thoughts on forgetting about the politicians who seemingly are out for themselves and figuring this stuff out on our own?

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